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Octorara DECEMBER 18, 2019
VOL XXIX • NO 47
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE
Alpha and Omega Ministries, 191 Upper Valley Road, Christiana, invites the public to a Christmas Eve service on Tuesday, Dec. 24, from 6 to 7 p.m. The simple, old-fashioned service will include Christmas songs, reading of and preaching about the Bible record of Jesus’ birth, and prayer for people’s needs. For directions or more information, call 610-979-0290. NUTS ‘N’ BOLTS SALE
Middle Octorara Church, 1199 Valley Road, Quarryville, will host its Nuts ‘n’ Bolts Sale on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020. The snow date will be Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020. To reserve a table for the fundraising consignment sale or for more information, readers may call 717-405-1113. CHALK TALK PROGRAM
The Atglen Missionary Baptist Church, located at East Main and Dallas streets, Atglen, will host chalk talk artist Thomas Herr on Saturday, Dec. 21, at 6 p.m. The title of the chalk talk will be “The Greatest Gift of All.” The program will also include the singing of Christmas carols. A time of refreshments and fellowship will follow the program.
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The fifth annual Contemplative Christmas Eve Service will be held at Sadsbury Friends Meeting House on Tuesday, Dec. 24, from 4 to 5 p.m. All are welcome to get away from the hustle and bustle of the holiday season for an hour of music, silence and poetry by the fireplace at the meeting house. This will be a candlelight service, with candles lit during intervals throughout the service. The underlying theme for the service is hope. “We always hold it at 4 in the afternoon because when people arrive it’s still light outside, and when they leave its dark,” said Connie Webster, meeting clerk. “During the service more and more candles get lit.” As in past years, the quiet, thoughtful service is in contrast to the modern
consumer culture that surrounds the Christmas season. “Besides the historical building, I think it’s a different kind of service because we have several moments of silence interspersed throughout. We have the music and we have somebody doing readings, but we also have several times when everybody sits in silence for a few minutes. I think some people like that,” Webster said. “I’ve been told that for a lot of people that have not been to a Friends meeting before, the moments of silence are good for them.” Music will be provided by Matt Krebs on piano, and his daughters, Landry and Anika, will be the vocalists. The music will mainly be traditional carols and sacred songs of the season. In addition to enjoying the service, visitors will feel a touch of history as they experience what a Quaker (Society See Christmas Eve Service pg 3
Leacock Presbyterian Church, 3181 Lincoln Highway East, Paradise, will hold two Christmas Eve services on Tuesday, Dec. 24. A family worship service will be held in the Paradise sanctuary at 7 p.m., featuring The Bell Choir and candle lighting. An 11 p.m. service of Lessons and Carols will conclude with candle lighting and will be held at the historic Old Leacock Presbyterian Church, Old Leacock Road and Old Philadelphia Pike, 1 mile west of Intercourse. For more information, call the church at 717-687-6619 or visit www.leacockpres.org.
John Walton (left) and Timothy Kirk light candles during last year’s contemplative worship service held on Christmas Eve at the Sadsbury Friends Meeting House in Gap. This year’s event will take place from 4 to 5 p.m. on Dec. 24.
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By Ann Mead Ash
Joel Moore of Narvon, author of the Civil War series “Journey Into Darkness,” is the recipient of the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge award known as the George Washington Honor Medal. Moore was notified of the award in a letter from the Freedoms Foundation dated Sept. 12. “Journey Into Darkness” tells the story of a few of the more than 200,000 boys and youths who took part in the battles of the
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SEASONAL EVENTS
Author Joel Moore stands on the steps of a hotel in Christiana as part of a celebration of the Christiana Resistance. Moore was recently notified that he has won the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge award known as the George Washington Honor Medal for his Civil War book series “Journey Into Darkness.”
A year ago, Pequea Valley High School senior Carlos Cordero and some of his fellow Advanced Placement students were asked to help a new student from Guatemala to translate from Spanish to English. Cordero and the student worked on grammar, formal and informal speech, and subject-verb agreement. “Now he is doing great,” said Cordero. This year, when several more new students needed help with English as a Second Language (ESL), Cordero began to wonder how their parents could support them academically as they learned English. Cordero’s father, Daniel McCaughn, has experience helping
Daniel McCaughn (left) and Carlos Cordero (right) will teach English as a Second Language (ESL) classes at The Factory Ministries in Paradise beginning at the end of January. The pair are seeking volunteers to help neighbors to learn English. those who do not speak English with applications for citizenship. Cordero See Volunteers pg 4
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